more breaking news from riverdale, maryland. two children are in extreme critical condition after a fire at the apartment building you are looking at right now. this is along the 5400 block of 56th place. brady tells us for the 4 and 5- year-old child they have been rushed to the hospital. we have a crew heading there. we will bring you more information as soon as it is available. now to the search for bombers in last night's terror attacks in indonesia. a pair of suicide bombers posing as guests struck two luxury hotels. one bomb went off in the 18th floor cafe of the jw marriott and the other one at the ritz carlton next door. this video was shot after the

second blast. this is video of the first responders on the scene and we know now that eight people are dead and dozens more injured, including at least eight americans. indonesia's president vows to hunt down those responsible and the u.s. has agreed to help. >> we have to cooperate, not only the u.s. and indonesia but in other countries in the region and around the world and make it difficult for terrorists to do these attacks but unfortunately in democracies these things happen. >> reporter: the same jw marriott was targeted by a bomber six years ago. we spoke to their security chief about how they keep guests safe. lindsey mastis has the story [ sirens ] >> i saw some people start to run. at that time i went down to the lobby and saw where one device had been detonated in the coffee shop of the ritz carlton. i spent some time looking for any victims. >> reporter: he says at the time of the explosion both hotels were at a threat

condition of red. >> which is our highest level of security. >> reporter: that means everyone walking in to the hotel had to go through metal detectors. >> all vehicles have to be inspected, all luggage is inspected with sophisticated explosive vapor detectors. >> reporter: he says not every hotel in jakarta has a high level of security and doesn't know how the explosive devices got in. >> it is like going in to an airport. it is very, very tight security. you don't see this type of security here at hotels in the u.s. >> the threat we see overseas in countries like indonesia, pakistan, saudi arabia, the philippines, it is a much higher threat profile here. >> reporter: and that was lindsey mastis reporting. things are starting to return to normal at a greenbelt apartment complex where three people were shot on thursday. the victims include a u.s. capitol police officer and a 12- year-old rlgi grazed bygi a str bullet from a shootout.

digital correspondent audrey barnes is joining us live from the scene with more. audrey? >> reporter: u.s. capitol police officer eddie thornton junior was coming to this complex to visit his mother when he encountered a man with a gun in the parking lot. they exchanged gunshots and both were hit. so was a 12-year-old girl inside of her apartment. police say the shootout started after a civilian police officer from ft. myer got in to an argument with his roommate. the police officer ran outside to call for help and his roommate grabbed the gun and followed him. that is when off-duty officer thornton exchanged shots with the man. the gun battle rattled the nerves of people living here like johnson who hid on the floor with her girls when she heard the shots. >> always concerned, you know, their safety but especially when something like this happens. >> reporter: in broad daylight. >> yes. >> there is concern however, this community is a really good community to live in and we are glad to be here.

>> reporter: now, that capitol police officer mr. thornton is out of the hospital and he is celebrating his birthday today. the 12-year-old girl is also expected to be okay. the suspect in this case was injured. he's been questioned and police tell me that charges are pending. back to you. >> thank you for that. the kingpin in a centreville heroin ring was sentenced federal court today. 33-year-old an tone know harper of waldorf received nearly 267 years behind bars. >> we're cutting the head off of the stake for this particular ring in this area. he was the main supplier. is there going to be another one in behind him, yes. but i guarantee they will be more cautious. >> greg landis ' daughter died from an overdose of heroin that her boyfriend gave her. he was one of harper's buyers several of whom are recent graduates of west field high school the boyfriend was convicted and will be sentenced

next friday. he's expected to receive more than 20 years behind bars. four other young people have been sentenced to about 20 years each. alicia is one of four young people in northern virginia to die from heroin in the past year. day three of the jacks murder trial is over. she is the southeast mother charged with killing her four daughters. several neighbors took the stand today and they said the sounds of children playing stopped abruptly two years ago. the decaying body of jacks ' daughters were found in her home in january of last year when u.s. marshals delivered an eviction notice. at least one republican senator says he will vote against sonia sotomayor's nomination to the united states supreme court. kentucky senator jim bunning says he has a problem with sonia sotomayor's 2001 speech and her wise latina judge comment. he also says sonia sotomayor shows a "hostility toward gun rights. " the senate will vote before

it recesses in august. despite bunning's opposition, sonia sotomayor is expected to be easily confirmed. a short time ago, president obama was back before reporters talking about the urgent need for health care reform. he says now is not the time to slow down or lose heart in the push to revamp the system. >> if we don't achieve health care reform, we cannot control the costs of medicare and medicaid and we cannot control our long-term debt and our long- term deficits. that's not in dispute. so we're going to have to get this done. >> reporter: the president wants to sign a bill in to law this year that would slow the rate of health care spending and expand health care coverage 0 the millions of people without it. well, could be a rather interesting evening tonight. weather wise. tony is on the terrace with the forecast first. >> we had a severe thunderstorm watch in affect until 4:30 and then it was cancelled and still a chance we could see showers

or storms on the but the threat as diminished significantly. that's not to say there won't be strong storms but i think overall things will be okay. let's look at li dor pple 90 . e hemsiestghstorri t rinow roac roe thereastn shore, east ofbaltimore. some big storms actually in soawarethere. t bume scattered stuff t off to the west. in the mountains around front royal, none ofachety tivi in re. mountains is some other storms further out in ohio that they are in tog roto nthrough as the cold cogoes by after midnight tonight. if you are going to be out and about, even though it is not raining right now in most areas i would take an umbrella because a 40 to 50% chance you could run in to something tonight. in a few minute we will detail the forecast for the weekend and for now back inside to you. the dmv in leesburg, virginia maybe close for a few more days after a driver smashed her car through a wall. the driver hit the accelerator instead of the brake. no one was hurt but her driving record took a hit.

she was charged with reckless driving. we will update you on when the dmv will reopen on wusa9.com. ahead a woman goes in to an apartment store to buy some shorts and she ends up getting the scare of her life. the story is up next. a warning for teens who love to text. all that action has its consequences l 'le wear shremo coming up. /d

does your teen text until it hurts. the is bailey she texts 8,000 times a monday. she went to the doctor complaining of back and problems. here's the diagnosis. >> you have texting teen tendonitis a lot of them report pain in the back, neck, elbows

and we look and investigate further, we see it is commonly the culprit is texting. >> i didn't think texting could make your hands feel so bad. >> i guess if you do it 8,000 times a month. the back soreness is caused by poor posture while texting and the more you text the more wear and tear on your thumb which can lead to arthritis. to avoid it, dr. sadler recommends limiting texting to 50 a day and maintaining good posture when you do. scoring frequent flyer rewards in tonight's "living $mart" focus. it will take more than a few flights to earn free trips these ysda th. eyy sawi u yoll rack up faster if you use u thche r tear pr e usir rdcaed register uryo ited itdet ca rd thwian rl

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qq if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act.

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missenior dc pa jen are making a comeback and seeing how they are helping other seniors through their girlfriends club. & jesus loves me ♪ ♪ >> reporter: she is almost blind. jamie is bedridden. >> i'm so glad that i met her because she and i can encourage each other. >> reporter: but once a week she visits jamie at the carroll manor nursing home in washington. >> there maybe some residents here who do not have friends or family to visit and that's where we come in at. >> reporter: this is the girlfriends club. it is a group of volunteers who mentor seniors in nursing homes. >> you would be surprised at the number of seniors who just have nobody. you think cancer is a killer, heart disease is a killer, loneliness is a killer. >> reporter: form arrises miss senior dc r.c. turner founded the program on

valentine's day in 2008. >> our signature color is red and you know us by one strand of pearls. each of us wear one strand of pearls and we give our girlfriends one strand of pearls. >> the program has been a hit but there's a problem. >> demand has been more than i can really accommodate. and, you know, it is just so hard to say no. >> reporter: demand is so great that r.c. mentors to not one but three girlfriends a carroll manor including ellen smith. >> i just felt lonesome and no friends. but i see i have a lot of friends. & jesus loves me ♪ ♪ >> good-bye, miss jamie ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: now if you would like to help out the girlfriends and become a member of their club, all you have to do is e-mail heros@wusa9.com. kristin fisher, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> what a great group of women. do you know a hero or need a hero?

log on to wusa9.com and click on the hero central button. tell us all about that person. pope benedict xvi will have to area what cast for a month. the 82-year-old pontiff waved reassuringly to well wishers outside of a hospital in italy where he yond went surgery today. doctors set his fractured wrist. the pope was injured after he fell at his vacation shall lay. doctors say he would suffer no long-term affects and would be back to playing piano and writing once he wrist heals. now a serious health scare for a woman trying on clothes in a kohls store in houston, texas. she says she was pricked by th us ree ed syringes left in a pair of shorts. >> makes me kind of think twice about just trying on clothes before checking them out first. >> we are going through the pants and making sure that everything checks out all right. we just want to be sure the entire store is safe after this. >> reporter: the sheriffs

department took a report but the woman's family says there is no ongoing official investigation. they say they were told e thre storesloevsspron enti department is handling en e ca se we calls hlqukoadrshetear te maedilth usa statement saying "we are cooperating with authorities as they investigate." closer to home in flint hill, virginia a man woke up this morning to a bear inside of his house he says. bob dennis says he was barely awake when he got up because his dog was barking. he went in the kitchen and he saw the bear was eating cat food on the counter. he believes the young black bear was hungry and climbed through a doggy door and a window to get inside of dennis ' house. >> what i did is get out of his way. and yelled at him. he didn't like that. he got out the window and got out on the porch and he couldn't get out the porch door the way he came in so he to out the screen. >> reporter: dennis says he bear was not trying to attack

him when the bear left claw marks and clothes shredded. he believes the bear was trying to get past him to get out of the house. history was made this afternoon when the crew from "endeavor" and the crew from the international space station met in space. it was the first time 13 astronauts were in orbit at one time. thank you for showing up. earlier, shuttle commander mark -- guided the craft through a back flip so that station astronauts could take photographs of its exterior heat shield. shuttle "endeavor" took off on wednesday and the mission is to install a new lab worry. an -- laboratory. an unusually large amount of foam insulation peeled away during liftoff but after inspection nasa has given the shuttle the all clear. >> happy to see people after you have been in space for a listening time. >> come and give me a hug it has ban long time. >> come and talk to me. things have settled down a little bit. not going to give the all clear because there could be a couple

of showers or storms that could be strong but this is not going to be a major event for us as we head through the night time hours. start with the three-day trend and then we will show you the radar in a second. over the weekend, expect the temperatures to get back to where they have been for most of the summer. in the mid-90s yesterday but in the low to mid-80s on saturday and sunday. remarkable stuff for this time of the year. this is the hottest part of the year. middle of july and the first week of august and we are looking at temperatures 83, 84 over the weekend. tonight, mostly cloudy skies. still about a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. so even though it is not raining at your house right now for most of you i would take an umbrella if you are going out on this friday night. lows in the 60s. a mixture of clouds and sunshine and a 20 to 30% chance of a shower. no big deal. most of the day will be dry. high temperatures in the low 80s. switch it over and look at live doppler 9000. we can see the strongest stuff is up around baltimore. some pretty strong storms. nasty ones out of maryland in

to delaware right now and there are some warnings associated with those. little scatternd h ait miss storms in our western suburbs for the most part. none of those aare severe obviously. but for our few store storms rumbling around out there. and again a possibility you will run in to a little something. take the umbrella with you even though most areas are dry. switch it over and take a wider view on the radar. some storms upstream out of west virginia and ohio. this is associated with a cold front that will come through here after midnight tonight. so until this front can come through, we will keep a chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the forecast. the initial batch of rain was with this area of low pressure that is traveling in to pennsylvania and the secondary front comes in behind it after midnight. once that goes by things will start to settle down as we head to tomorrow morning. temperatures will cool off a little bit in the 70s with rain showers and 76 degrees downtown. but the cool air is in the this great lakes. the high temperatures in the 60s today in chicago and minneapolis saint paul. this is me middle of july. 62 degrees in the twin cities

right now. not going to get that cool here but that chilly air mass will slide to the south and east. it will keep our temperatures in the low 80s. with the front on the coast, again, i will keep that slight chance of a shower in tomorrow. mostly dry this weekend. another chance of a shower on monday with a high near 85. if you like the hot weather it will come back during the middle of the week. upper 80s to around 90 degrees on tuesday and wednesday. but overall fairly decent weekend is coming up. still a chance of a storm tonight. >> surprises in the forecast. but if you watch the british open and i know you were watching, you can look at his face. i don't need to say anything else. >> yeah. >> it is surprising. >> it is surprising. that's one 0 way to put it. hey, golf fans, don't adjust your set. what we are about to tell you is true. tiger has weekend plans at home in orlando and he doesn't need to change them. and home boy steve marino representing fairfax county to the fullest at the osbeneciy ar

british open. y isthis a great story coming u next.

after winning arnold palmer's tournament expers hailed tiger ready for the match. he finished 6th and then a disappointing ninth at the u.s. open after winning jack's event. he would surely make good on the british after winning his own tournament a couple of week ago here. tiger making the entry walk today.

didn't score well. maybe that was a harbinger of things to come. in his own seinfeld bizarre world episode. here shy of the hole and needs this birdie on the 18th to make the cut. pack the bags, honey, we're going home. tiger missing the cut in amanufacture major first time since ' 06. long distance bird man died for the -- tied for the lead at five under. story of the day, marino. check out the sculley. i guess that's how they do it in fairfax county. he is ti ed for the lead. woods and marino afterwards both speechless. >> all right. >> i was playing well coming in and today unfortunately just didn't play certain holes well. >> i really didn't have any expectations to be honest with you. i just wanted to come and enjoy myself and the experience and do the best i could. >> great story.

about marina again, a graduate of uva and never won a pga tour event. he is half way home. mark calcavecchia up there. tiger missing the cut today. jim riggleman era got off to a poor start last night. the nats didn't fire their hitters too. two more errors, as well. the cubs meanwhile had ten hits. the form aeronaut soriano one of them. he starred for washington in 2006. smacking 46 home runs from the leadoff spot. ended leaving free agency in chicago after the season. it is a business of course. no hard feelings. >> he is one of the best teammates and he works hard and loves to play the game. i think he is one of those guys that people should look up to. >> comes though park every day smile on his face, ready to go and hard worker and loves of play baseball and a great

teammate. greg sammen ready to go. threw two games in the vegas summer league it was 1-1. they have been impressive. match averaging 24-12 and young pumped in 26 per including 36 in the opener. arenas said he may play a lil summer league. i doubt that will happen but reports say he's in great shape and the lowest weight he's been in five years and he fully trusts that surgically repaired knee. that's great news. tour de france, a wet chilly ride today. lance playing it safe after popping a tire yesterday. still in third but he lost his teammate to a broken wrist that really helps to draft him along. that is a loss. finally, little comic relief here.

arizona and florida no age discrimination in sports but maybe there should be. check out this old bat boy here struggling on the field. just couldn't get it, fallen but he can't get up. >> hey, watch it. watch it. >> watch it. >> tough day for him. >> it is. that's all right. he was out there for the love of the game. >> sure. >> so what if he couldn't get up. >> indeed. seven day. one more look at the seven-day forecast this weekend, low 80s for the most part this weekend which is remarkable. this is the middle of july, hottest part of the year after hitting 96 yesterday we fall down to 83 be a slight chance of a shower. overall a nice weekend and still a chance of thunderstorms tonight. take an umbrella if you are going out on this friday evening. looking at the calendar going it is really july. >> remarkable summer. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news with katie couric is next. derek will see you at 7:00 and don't forget wusa9.com is always on. have a great weekend.